For some, swearing has long been held as the preserve of the uneducated.
Indeed, a famous religious leader once commented that “profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly.”
Of course, as anyone who enjoys a good swear knows, it’s simple not true.
And now there’s scientific proof to back it up.A study, published in the Language Sciences Journal, found that foul-mouthed people in fact have a greater vocabulary than those who abstain.
Those who are more confident using rude words tend to be be more articulate, the report found.
The experiment – which sounds mightily fun – asked participants to say as many curse words as they could in a minute.
They were then asked do the same with animals in the same amount of time.The result? Those who swore the most could also name the most animals. Read more..
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